Fall
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Over all pleased with this one. Facial expression! Sense of movement. Shame the hands and the right side of her face aren’t quite right. I did take my time with the hatching, which is the only way to do it. Quick sketchy line drawings and slow hatching. I can’t resist awash of ink either. I can’t wait to get back to line and wash. I forgot that using the white ink 30 makes it very difficult to draw over the top, so that messed it up more.
I used the two types of mapping/crows quill nibs that I have, the Tachikawa mapping pen no99 which is made in Japan and the Hunt 107 made in the USA. They’re both a firm, inflexible nib that can produce a really delicate line, with a surprising amount of line variation. When trying to get to sketchy and fast they also catch on the paper, Hahnemuhle bamboo mixed media. I also tried it out on smooth cartridge paper and it was no different. I am heavy handed so it could just be me. The usual suspects were also deployed: kuru toga mechanical pencil, white gel pen, acrylic marker, and platinum carbon black ink.
Bonus of Peter ‘helping’, as i have so much stuff on my desk I draw on my lap.
Susanna Heath 
Peter is such a cutie! And the sketch is wonderful 🙂
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And he knows it! He squeaks and cries for attention when I’m working. Until someone opens the fridge and then I am cruelly abandoned. Thank you.
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You’ve done a wonderful joy capturing the expression on her face and the musculature of her body caught in an instant of time. I’ve never done this type of ink drawing. That must have been so difficult.
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Thank you. 🙂 I certainly find it challenging. But that is why I’m doing an art challenge, and I don’t want to be limited by my weaknesses (Drawing wise)
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